Why Isn’t Okinawa Jumping in Junity?

An Early Reflection

Judge Toshimasa Fukami finally ruled that “the former Imperial Japanese Army was deeply involved in the mass suicides.” [Thank you Sherlock-san!]

The author, Kenzaburo Oe, is now off the hook, of course, but what about

• The full truth?
• Logic behind the ruling?
• And why aren’t the Ryukyuans jumping in Junity*?

According to the judge:

The Imperial Japanese Army were deeply involved in the suicides Ryukyuans [Okinawans]; they supplied the grenades for Okinawans to commit mass suicide; instructed the civilians (i) how to use the grenades, and (ii) how to maximize mass fatality; but they did not order the Ryukyuans to commit suicide; however, people on those Okinawan islands where the Imperial Japanese Army was not stationed did not commit suicide.

He declined to rule on whether the Japanese commanders had actually ordered the civilians to commit suicide.

Weasel Ruling

What legal (or logical) yardstick could the judge have possibly used to arrive at such weasel ruling? If the Japanese commanders didn’t order the civilians to commit suicide,

1. What exactly did their “deep involvement in the mass suicides”amount to?
2. Who/what/why did the Okinawans commit suicide?

Burden of Proof?

The only logical, though untrue, conclusion that could be inferred from the Japanese judge’s weasel ruling is the following, which is based purely on those premises that he has agreed with:

Premise#1. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) supplied the hand grenades.
Premise#2. IJA instructed the [civilian] Ryukyuans how to commit mass suicide using hand grenade.
Premise#3. IJA commanders did not order the Ryukyuans to commit mass suicide.
Premise#4. Civilians on those Okinawan islands where IJA was not stationed did not commit mass suicide.

Conclusion: Therefore, the Ryukyuans must have been tricked by IJA commanders into committing mass suicide ‘voluntarily!’

And the Ryukyuans?

The weasel ruling made “f*ckall” difference to the Ryukyuans. The general idea is that they don’t get to sue the government for damages, claim compensation for the loss of family members, or for the other war crimes and atrocities committed by IJA!

See: A Word for the Ryukyuans [Okinawans]

*JUNITY = Japanese unity

Army ‘deeply involved’ in the mass suicides

“Imperial Japanese Army was deeply involved in the mass suicides,” Japanese Judge rules.

Judge Rejects Defamation Suit Against WW2 Okinawa Suicides Author

OSAKA — A defamation lawsuit against Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe and a publisher over statements that military officers ordered civilians to commit mass suicide in Okinawa during World War II was rejected in the Osaka District Court on Friday.

The lawsuit, filed by 91-year-old Yutaka Umezawa, a former military commander on the island of Zamami in Okinawa; and the 75-year-old younger brother of another military commander on Tokashiki Island, had demanded 20 million yen in compensation and a publishing ban on books put out by Iwanami Shoten Publishers.

In handing down the ruling, Presiding Judge Toshimasa Fukami declined to rule on whether commanders had actually ordered civilians to commit suicide, but said that judging from the conditions at the time, “the former Imperial Japanese Army was deeply involved in the mass suicides,” and rejected the suit.

The judge agreed that the military had been deeply involved in the suicides, noting that hand grenades had been handed out for people to commit suicide, and that there were no mass suicides on islands where the Imperial Japanese Army was not stationed.

According to figures held by the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum, 171 people on Zamami Island and 329 people on Tokashiki Island committed suicide towards the end of World War II. News Report

Author Kenzaburo Oe: ‘Court’s ruling should help schools provide a precise picture of the Battle of Okinawa.’ (Photo Credit: EIJIRO MORII/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN) - Photo may be subject to copyright. See Fair Use Notice!

Related Links: A Word for the Ryukyuans [Okinawans]

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A Culture of Bullying

Reported bullying cases hit record high in MOJ human rights report

The following report is fully consistent with the assertions made in this blog!

(Mainichi Japan) March 29, 2008. The number of reported bullying incidents in Japan surged to a record level in 2007, according to a Ministry of Justice (MOJ) report on human rights violations.

Of the 21,506 human rights violations fielded by legal affairs bureaus and other bodies across the nation, 2,152 were related to school bullying, far surpassing the 973 incidents reported the previous year, a previous record figure.

The Ministry of Justice’s human rights bureau said that the increase in reported bullying incidents was a result of efforts to assess the extent of bullying, including the creation of a toll-free hotline for child victims of human rights abuse in February 2007.

Also on the rise were online privacy violations and defamation, with 418 incidents reported, a 48.2 percent increase compared with the previous year. A total of 600 child abuse cases were reported - a 12.4 percent increase. Source: Mainichi Japan

Related Links:

• Fruits of a Repressed Culture

Scum Trinity Headlines:

• Fukuoka cop arrested for attempted rape
• Police officer charged with molesting massage parlor operator

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Scum Trinity: Politicians (and military), Prefectural Boards of Education, Police

More Scum Rises to the Surface

The Scum Trinity:
Politicians (and their toy soldiers), Boards of Education (and their teachers), the Police (and their ‘plods’).

• Local politician accused of molesting schoolgirl using ‘asbestos check’ ruse
• Local politician resigns in disgrace following arrest for molesting schoolgirl

FUK-U-DAH!

Fukuda says military must regain public trust after scandals

A sex pervert, pimp, SM? LMF? A pathological lawbreaker? Have you tried your Prefecture Board of Education?  Yes, No? Capable of kissing the American butt without having to come out for air? A right-wing “nutter”? Then you might just have a future in Japan’s Ministry of Scandals. [And don't be put off by what the old stick says. You know the routine!] Report

Then again, perhaps, that is not such a bad thing, given some of the other options!

Cadets, Hip, Hip Whorrey!

Like Father, Like Son!

Sons of U.S. servicemen arrested over Okinawa taxi robbery

NAHA — Two sons of U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa have been arrested over the robbery of a taxi, police said.

The arrested were the 15-year-old son of a U.S. Marine and the 16-year-old son of a U.S. airman living in Okinawa. Original Report

Related Links:

• U.S. Marine NCO arrested for attacking Okinawa police officers
• Japan wants to question US sailor about taxi driver killing

Prefectural Boards of Education - Part 3

The deliberate dumbing down of Japan!

The deliberate dumbing down of Japan by its Boards of Education is well underway. The need to prepare another generation of zombies to start yet another war is paramount!

Zombie Quiz:

Q. What is the vocabulary size of the average high school student in Japan?

Answer:
A. 11,000 words.
B. 900 words.
C. 250 words.
D. 100 words.

Board of Education News:

• Teacher suspended for threats, cutting power on disabled student’s wheelchair
• Buddhist sect, woman reach settlement over priest’s ‘purification’ sex assault
  

Japan’s Boards of Education - Part 2

Toxic cesspools of under-age sex crimes, history lies and dumbing down of Japan!

• Elementary schoolgirl made to kowtow in apology for forgetting notebook
• Top high school basketball coach imprisoned over sex attacks on schoolgirls
• Tokyo educators sacked over affairs with students’ mothers
• Posh girls’ school principal arrested for purse snatching
• University academic suspended for demanding PhD candidate become his lover

Other Crimes:

• ‘Peaceloving’ Tokyo DJ Murdred ‘Drunk’ American
  
• Police station chief demoted for yanking woman’s skirt at wedding
• Miyazaki professor protests sexual harassment suspension
• Cop reaches settlement with woman who sued him for sexual harassment
• Woman gets 2 years for fatal abuse of friend’s kid

Fruits of a Repressed Culture

Murder, Suicide, Bullying, Sex Crimes

• Newborn abandoned outside Shiga gynecological clinic
• Schoolgirl found hanged in Akita junior high school toilet
• Chiba woman kills 9-y.o. son, fails in suicide attempt (Chiba Prefecture Cruelty Rating: 10)

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• Hokkaido 69-y.o. man arrested for molesting schoolgirl
• Tokyo daycare center poised to be charged over girl’s jelly choking death
• Woman arrested for murder, attempted murder of sons

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• Mother arrested for leaving toddlers to die
• Woman arrested for murder, attempted murder of sons
• Man appeals 9-year prison term for killing woman who wanted to commit suicide

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• Man strangles wife in failed murder-suicide bid
• Man commits suicide by jumping off building in Shinjuku
• High school boy hangs self from stairway on public road in Nagasaki

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• MPD sends investigators to the Philippines over supposed suicide of Japanese man
• High school boy who bullied another student into suicide put on probation
• 5 people gas themselves to death by burning briquettes in car

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• Trio of strangers commit group suicide in Saitama hotel
• MPD sends investigators to the Philippines over supposed suicide of Japanese man
• Parents of suicide teacher apply for worker’s comp., claiming she suffered depression

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• Man gets 9 years behind bars for killing woman who wanted to commit suicide
• Mother, daughter found dead in Tokyo home in apparent murder-suicide
• Murder-suicide in Osaka hotel claims three lives

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• Ex-gangster shot to death in latest Kitakyushu yakuza shootout
• Fuchu Prison inmate commits suicide with chopstick
• Chiba Prefectural Police detective copied porn seized as evidence, took it home to watch (Chiba Prefecture Police Officials’ Thug Rating: 10)
  

Why Don’t Wealthy Members of Japan’s Ruling Class Commit Suicide?

Learning Japanese: Vasectomy of the Fertile Mind

Learning Japanese language is like vasectomy of the fertile mind. With each word, verse and “sentence” the fecundity of the young mind steadily erodes.

In Japan You Must Speak Japanese; Not English! [Part 2]

• Must Japanese Children Learn the Lingo?
• How foreign teachers are graded [discriminated against] by the prefectural education authorities according to their sex (female only), marital status (married to Japanese), fluency in Japanese, nationality (Holland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia).
  
• The order of preferability [manageability] of foreign nationals (the Americans are ‘too loud,’ but Mormons are welcome, and the Brits are ’stupid.’
• If the ‘incompetent’ Brits [or Americans] ruled a vast empire with their 26-letter set of alphabet, ‘WE’ could do a lot better!
  

Japanese Language: A Hit-or-miss Non-entity

Japanese children are forced to learn three sets of ‘alphabet.’ High school students can read the national papers only after they learn the compulsory set of 1,945 + 166 kanji (Chinese characters). For the reader who is unfamiliar with Japanese writing system below is a brief introduction to its three forms:

Kanji (漢字). Taken and modified from Chinese (so you know who occupied and ruled Japan before the Americans and LDP, despite the denials) characters, each kanji (“Han characters”) can have more than one meaning. Kanji is pictographic; it evoled from using pictures to depict words or ideas. There are about 47,000 kanji (Kangxi dictionary has 47,035), however, Japanese language uses between 5,000 – 10,000 characters. Students are exposed to certain number of kanji at school with the characters getting progressively harder in each grade. [In China full literacy requires a knowledge of about three to four thousand kanji.]

Japanese government introduced the jōyō kanji hyō (常用漢字) (List of Chinese Characters for General Use) in 1981, which includes 1,945 kanji characters, and another 166 special characters used for people’s names. All official documents, newspapers and textbooks use only these kanji. Other publications for specialists may use additional characters. Students can normally read the national newspapers without difficulty by the age of 15.

Kana. All Kanji have their equivalent in Hiragana (平仮名 or ひらがな), with 131 characters (a few are obsolete) and Katakana (片仮名, カタカナ or かたかな), which means ‘fragmentary kana‘ because they are derived from components of kanji, with 146 characters (a few are obsolete). These two other forms of Japanese writing are called Kana. Some Kana are added to kanji to change its meaning, clarify how it’s said and make up the grammar. Hiragana are used for words with no kanji equivalent. Kana are also used when the writer does not know kanji for a word. (C/UNIX nerds see The Japanese Locale)

Continued . . .

Part 1 : Do Not Speak English in Japan!